Tanker truck clips I-35 bridge, spills crude

By John Davenport :
December 10, 2012
: Updated: December 10, 2012 10:56pm

Crude oil is unloaded from one tanker truck to another after one of the trucks (left) hit a bridge pillar shortly before 3:00 a.m. Monday December 10, 2012 under Interstate Highway 35 near Loop 410 North and Randolph Boulevard. San Antonio Fire Department Assistant Chief Oscar Gonzalez about half of the 8,500 gallon load of crude in the truck leaked out but was contained and remediated by the Texas Department of Transportation. Gonzalez said Randolph Boulevard was blocked under IH-35 and there were no injuries during the incident. A sign on the door of the truck read "Alpha Petroleum Transport" from Houston.

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Crude oil is unloaded from one tanker truck to another after one of the trucks (right) hit a bridge pillar shortly before 3:00 a.m. Monday December 10, 2012 under Interstate Highway 35 near Loop 410 North and Randolph Boulevard. San Antonio Fire Department Assistant Chief Oscar Gonzalez about half of the 8,500 gallon load of crude in the truck leaked out but was contained and remediated by the Texas Department of Transportation. Gonzalez said Randolph Boulevard was blocked under IH-35 and there were no injuries during the incident. A sign on the door of the truck read "Alpha Petroleum Transport" from Houston.

A tanker truck clipped a bridge pillar under Interstate 35 near Loop 410 this morning, spilling about half of its 8,500-gallon crude oil load.

The Alpha Petroleum Transport truck was turning under I-35 at Randolph Boulevard shortly before 3 a.m. when it struck the concrete pillar and ruptured its tank.